History Archive Of the German Revolution

1918-1923

A history archive dedicated to the documentation, analysis and interpretation of the events surrounding the German workers revolutions of 1918 through 1923.

“Order prevails in Berlin!” You foolish lackeys! Your “order” is built on sand. Tomorrow the revolution will “rise up again, clashing its weapons,” and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing:

The Present Situation in Germany, [The present situation and our tasks in building the army. Report to the 3rd All-Union Conference of Political Workers in the Red Army and the Red Navy, October 21, 1923] By Leon Trotsky (1923)